Introduction to ServiceNow Studio

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title: Introduction to ServiceNow Studio
description: This accelerator provides an overview of ServiceNow Studio, the primary environment for scoped app development on the Now Platform.
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# Introduction to ServiceNow Studio

This accelerator provides an overview of ServiceNow Studio, the primary environment for scoped app development on the Now Platform.

## Accelerator Overview

Introduction to ServiceNow Studio provides Impact customers with guided coaching and practical demonstrations of the Studio interface and the way it fits within the broader ServiceNow Studios ecosystem. This accelerates onboarding and time-to-value for platform development. This offering also shares key resources and leading practices for getting started with ServiceNow Studio.

## Package Availability

**Note:** This Accelerator is available for Impact Guided, Guided+ \(SV or PG\), Advanced, and Total packages.

## Prerequisites

-   App Engine \(or the applicable development entitlement\) must be licensed and activated on the customer's instance or the customer is planning to acquire it in the short term
-   Customer should be new to ServiceNow Studio as this accelerator establishes first-time orientation
-   Customer understands this is a high-level, non-technical introduction to the Studio environment. It covers what the IDE is and how to navigate it, not a guided build of a specific application

## What You Get

-   **Session Preparation**

    The Technical Accelerator Consultant provisions a ServiceNow demonstration instance

-   **Customer Coaching Session \#1 \(up to 1 hour\)**

    Includes the following:

    -   Overview of ServiceNow Studio:
        -   Its purpose and how to navigate the interface
        -   How it fits within the broader ServiceNow Studios ecosystem—App Engine Studio, Creator Studio, Workflow Studio, Studio IDE \(legacy\), and VS Code IDE
        -   Key features and capabilities
    -   Demonstration, including:
        -   Navigating the ServiceNow Studio interface and its core capabilities
        -   Applying leading practices to a basic scoped-app task on the Now Platform
-   **Customer Coaching Session \#2 \(Optional up on Customer request – up to 1 hour\)**

    Opportunity for Q&A related to ServiceNow Studio.


## Outputs

-   30-day access to the temporary instance and Technical Accelerator Consultant with whom you met for any further questions or in-depth explorations
-   Copy of the Coaching Session Deck

## Requested Customer Resources

The same personnel may fulfill multiple responsibilities.

|Customer Resource|Responsibilities|Required|Recommended|
|:----------------|:---------------|:------:|:---------:|
|Platform Owner|Responsible for the overall accountability of the ServiceNow platform. Provides leadership and oversight to the System Administrators, ensures team alignment to business strategy and the ServiceNow roadmap, and is actively involved in the overarching governance of the platform.|✓| |
|System Administrator\(s\)|Responsible for maintaining the stability and usability of the ServiceNow platform by performing application maintenance, managing support for Cases related to ServiceNow applications, and contributing to ServiceNow software releases by delivering configuration tasks and features.|✓| |
|Product Owner\(s\)|Owns and is responsible for the population and maintenance of their product or application within the ServiceNow platform. They are accountable for the overall health, value, and lifecycle of a specific application or product used to deliver a service.|✓| |
|Developer\(s\)|Write code for the ServiceNow platform.| |✓|
|Executive Stakeholder|Responsible for selecting and managing the partner.| |✓|
|Trusted Service Partners|Attend ServiceNow Impact Accelerator coaching session\(s\) to understand leading practices and potentially support the customer going forward.| |✓|

## Requested Information/Access

**Note:** Additional details on supplemental legal terms, prerequisites, specifications, requirements, and exclusions can be found in the [Impact Accelerator Terms Matrix](https://www.servicenow.com/legal/servicenow-impact.html).

## Exclusions

ServiceNow is not responsible for implementing recommendations on Customer’s sub-production or production instances.